muster
/ˈmʌstɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A gathering.
noun
A gathering.
noun
A gathering.
noun
Example Sentences
- "She seems to hear the Repetition of his Mens Names with Admiration; and waits only to answer him with as false a Muster of Lovers."
- "Of the temporal grandees of the realm, and of their wives and daughters, the muster was great and splendid."
- "1920, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Issue 13, The figures from 1788 to 1825 inclusive, as already mentioned, are based on the musters taken in those years; those for subsequent years are based upon estimates made on the basis of Census results and the annual […] ."
- "Come, let vs take a muster speedily: / Doomesday is neere; dye all, dye merrily."
- "And after long being there, I 'light, and walked to the place where the King, Duke &c., did stand to see the horse and foot march by and discharge their guns, to show a French Marquisse (for whom this muster was caused) the goodness of our firemen […]"
- "2010, Ohtar, "Enthroned", Slechtvalk, A Forlorn Throne. To shorten his way and to hasten for the muster he takes a long lost road."
Etymology
From Middle English musteren, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer, moustrer (whence the noun monstre, which gave the English noun), from Latin mōnstrō (“to show”), from moneō (“to admonish”). Cognate with French montrer (“to show”), Italian mostrare (“to show”), Spanish mostrar (“to show”). See also monster.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmʌstɚ/
- British English: /ˈmʌstə/